Cat’s Mom Tanya reports:
My elder child, Cat, age 5, is currently fascinated with the Tooth Fairy. Some of her friends and classmates have started to lose their teeth and some have fetched as high as $10 and a jibbet for their nocturnal submission to the Tooth Fairy.
Alas, unfortunately for Cat, she has all of her baby teeth and they all appear inclined to stick around for a while. Cat, having my patience, or lack thereof, is trying to expedite the Fairy’s visit.
Tonight, as I was tucking her in, I noticed her stuffing something under her pillow. I asked her what it was and she replied, “A tiny piece of old soap that I shaped to look like a tooth. I am sticking it under my pillow to see if I can fool the Tooth Fairy. Maybe she will leave me some cash or a Squeeze-A-Burp toy.”
I told Cat that I thought the Tooth Fairy was too smart for that and might leave her Monopoly money instead of the real thing.
“That’s okay, mom,” she said. “We all have to start somewhere.”
I am now going in search of my old Monopoly set…..
I am very curious to hear from NewMexiKen readers what the going rate is for teeth, by the way. I intially thought that something like $5 for the first tooth and $1 for subsequent was more than reasonable but I have heard of far more exorbinant amounts and am wondering if I am way out of step.
I’d start with what you think you can you get for them on eBay.
We did just that – five “gold coins” (Sacagawea or president dollar coins) for the first tooth, and one for each subsequent tooth.
I’ve also heard much bigger amounts, but I tend to hear them from people whose parenting examples I don’t want to emulate.